Shelter Policy

Revision 2013

Shelter Policy Concerning the Housing of Animals

Animals picked up by the Animal Control Officer and
brought to the Lawrence County Humane Society Animal Shelter will be kept
for 5 days in accordance with KRS.258.315. After this time period the
animal becomes the legal property of the Humane Society and may be adopted
or euthanized in a humane manner.

If the owner of the animal comes to reclaim the
animal before the 5 days are up, the charge to reclaim the animal will be
$10.00/per day with a minimum charge of $35.00.

If the owner comes to reclaim the animal after 5
days, the animal must be spayed or neutered at the owners expense. The
charge will be $75.00 plus a rabies vaccination and a Kentucky dog tag for
male or female dogs. The charge will be $40.00 for a female cat and
$25.00 for male cat, plus a rabies
vaccination. After 7 days the animal has become the legal property of the
Lawrence County Humane Society. The owner must adopt the animal back from
the society. Since the Lawrence County Humane Society Animal Shelter is
a mandatory spay/neuter shelter, the adopter must comply with the
Adoption Policy.

If the animal is brought back to the shelter a
second time because it is running loose, and if this animal has already
been spayed/neutered, the charge to reclaim the animal will be $10.00/per
day with a minimum charge of $70.00. This charge is because the shelter
is very small and we do not have the room or funding to keep animals
because of owner irresponsibility.

Animals
that are placed under quarantine by the Health Department

All animals placed under quarantine must stay there
for a period of ten days after the health department has come to the
shelter and placed a quarantine on the animal. The charge to reclaim the
animal once the health department has released it will be $100.00. All
quarantine animals must have a rabies tag and certificate before the
animal is released to the owner. The rabies vaccination is at the owners
expense.